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Howard Kurtz writes: "How many reporters have dug into the Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration, which under the Bush administration was run by a former Utah mine manager until last year? About as many as did pieces, before Hurricane Katrina, on why a former Arabian horse official was running the dysfunctional bureaucracy of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Heck of a job."
Ellen Smith, owner of Mine Safety and Health News, says: "I have tried to get the general press interested. I just kind of gave up." (Related "Reliable Sources"
transcript and pieces by
Jay Rosen and
Connie Schultz.)
> Editors and ombudsmen explain their "miners miracle" stories:
Oregonian,
Orlando Sentinel,
News & Observer,
Star Tribune,
Courier-Journal,
Florida Times-Union,
Journal-Constitution,
Rocky Mountain News,
Houston Chronicle,
Palm Beach Post,
Salt Lake Tribune,
Indy Star and
San Diego Union-Tribune.
